The Lancet - Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
5 March 2009
March 2009 -
The Lancet in partnership with MAP, is pleased to announce the publication of it's series on 'Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory'.
This Series on the health status of 3ยท8 million people living in the occupied Palestinian territory details one of the most important flashpoints not only in Middle East politics, but for global security. The Lancet report examines aspects of the Palestinian health predicament: health services; maternal and child health; cardiovascular diseases; diabetes and cancer; health and human security; and the future of the healthcare system. The report has been written by a team of health scientists in the occupied Palestinian territory, together with international colleagues from WHO, associated UN agencies, and academic institutions in the USA, UK, Norway, and France.
See video presentations of the Lancet meeting on MAP's multimedia page HERE
Building on the launch of This Health series MAP held a public meeting that highlighted the key findings of the series, the culmination of over two years of work and research. We were joined by the authors of the series, a spectrum of the best researchers and epidemiologists from the occupied Palestinian territory, and their international counterparts.
Critically, the meeting highlighted the health-related aspects and impact of the Israeli assault on Gaza between December 2008- January 2009, as well as the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Series Comments
The occupied Palestinian territory: peace, justice, and health
Peace and health in the occupied Palestinian territory
Lancet Steering Group on the occupied Palestinian territory
Teaching child health in the occupied Palestinian territory
Keys to health: justice, sovereignty, and self-determination
Palestinian refugees outside the occupied Palestinian territory
The responsibilities of the World Medical Association President
Series Papers
Health status and health services in the occupied Palestinian territory
Maternal and child health in the occupied Palestinian territory
Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and cancer in the occupied Palestinian territory
Health as human security in the occupied Palestinian territory
The health-care system: an assessment and reform agenda
MAP Meeting - Health Under Occupation, Health Under Fire - Participants
(from left to right) Dr Swee Ang, Miri Weingarten, Kathy al Jubeh, Tony Laurence
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC (see video HERE)
Dr.Graham Watt (see video HERE)
Panel One: Health in the occupied Palestinian territory
Sir Iain Chalmers, chair (see video HERE)
Rita Giacaman -Health Status and Services in the occupied Palestinian territory
Hanan Abdul Rahim -Maternal and Child Health (see video HERE)
Abdullatif Husseini - Chronic Disease in the occupied Palestinian territory
Rajaie Batniji -Health as Human Security
Awad Mataria - Health Care System: Assessment and Reform Agenda (see video HERE)
Panel Two: Gaza Crisis and the Politics of Health
Dr. Graham Watt, chair
Tony Laurence - World Health Organisation, West Bank and Gaza Strip -Initial Health Needs Assessment
Swee Chai Ang -Gaza's Hospitals: Wounds of War (See video HERE)
Miri Weingarten - Physicians for Human Rights Israel - Medical and Humanitarian Violations, and Accountability in Gaza (see video HERE)
Kathy al Jubeh - Medical Aid for Palestinians The Politics of Health: Claiming Humanitarian Space (see video HERE)
